"Heavenwood Blossoms?" Ryan Ling pondered for a moment. The tribulation lightning here was seriously tough to handle—even with his Nascent Soul power, he still felt weak against it. Right now, his only shot was to do exactly what the Ghost Elder said: rely on the power of Primeval Heavenwood’s flowers to break through the tribulation’s defenses.
Primeval Heavenwood’s first step is absorbing ambient spiritual qi; second is absorbing Blood Clan blood-essence; third is swelling its buds and finally opening Heavenwood Flowers. The power of those flowers is off the charts—even tribulation-stage powerhouses get huge benefits, and busting through a few strands of tribulation lightning is no problem at all. If the flowers ever mature into fruit, that’s next-level—supposedly strong enough to go head-to-head with a full tribulation!
Ryan didn’t hesitate. Following the Ghost Elder’s advice, he instantly poured most of his focus into Primeval Heavenwood. In that moment, all the Blood Clan essence stashed inside the Demon-Snaring Bowl exploded out. Before, he’d only used the blood from a thousand low-level vampires in the first town. But now, he dumped the flesh and blood of the five thousand Blood Clan elites besieging him, plus the Eighth, Ninth, and Thirteenth Blood Kings, straight into Primeval Heavenwood. And of course, all those vampires from Versailles Avenue—at least six or seven thousand total—all got fed to the tree.
Primeval Heavenwood started shaking like crazy, as if it had just downed a whole bottle of stimulants. Clearly, that massive blood dump sent it totally over the edge.
The flower buds on Heavenwood instantly reacted—several of them started to bloom, one after another!
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While Primeval Heavenwood was bulking up, those seven Blood Kings outside were already going nuts, hammering Ryan with everything they had. Backed by the tribulation lightning, their momentum just kept growing—they were totally overpowering Ryan, and for a moment he was on the ropes.
"Kid, you’ve got some serious guts—barging right into the heart of the Holy Court, into our Blood Clan’s core territory. You’re straight-up asking to die. Regretting it now? Too late!"
"Quit wasting time talking! This punk killed so many of our Blood Clan elites—he’s gotta pay today, or we’ll lose all face in Europe. Start live-refining him, now!"
"Live-refine him! Right now! Suck out every last drop of his essence and spirit and offer it all to Her Majesty the Blood Empress. At least that’ll make up for some of our losses!"
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Right then, the Seven Blood Kings let out a thunderous shout. In a flash, all of Versailles Avenue was drowned in gut-churning filthy blood—even the sky and earth nearby were blanketed in blood-qi. From the outside, it looked like hundreds of blood demons had appeared in the air, frantically sucking Ryan’s blood dry. His once-dominant aura was getting drained by those blood demons, shrinking until it was barely a blip.
Because of Ryan’s rampage in Italy, every major player in Europe was now glued to the scene—ancient families, military brass, even heads of state. Ryan’s dominance in East Asia had everyone watching, but nobody dared make a move. Now that the Seven Blood Kings had finally pinned him down, a lot of bigwigs breathed a sigh of relief.
"We lost three Blood Kings and a mountain of Blood Clan, half of Italy’s in chaos, but finally this menace is suppressed. Thank god!"
"Exactly! They finally caught him. The Blood Clan is Europe’s top family—if even they couldn’t handle it, the whole continent would be doomed!"
"Right, this is perfect! Europe’s situation is finally stable—and once we wipe out this troublemaker, Asia’s whole power structure will get reshuffled. We’ve never had real influence in Asia, but now we can totally infiltrate. This is great news, absolutely!"
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Everyone was breathing easier now. Clearly, all the European bigwigs hated Ryan—the sudden Chinese upstart. To them, Chinese were always second-class, and there was no way they’d let some Chinese kid ride roughshod over them!
"Ryan, those guys are way too fierce—how’s your Primeval Heavenwood holding up?" The Ghost Elder’s face was pale. The Seven Blood Kings weren’t that scary by themselves, but the tribulation lightning was just insane. With that lightning pushing them, Ryan kept getting forced back—he was clearly about to hit his limit.
Even at peak Nascent Soul, or even perfection, there was just no way to block tribulation lightning.
Only when Primeval Heavenwood blooms can all disasters be wiped away.
"It’s about to bloom—any second now!" Ryan could feel the Seven Blood Kings’ insane crushing force. If Primeval Heavenwood didn’t flower in the next breath or two, his defenses would totally collapse.
The Seven Blood Kings were completely berserk now. Their current attack formation was way fiercer than the old ten-thousand-man Blood Clan Blood Formation—Ryan’s body was already covered in bloody cracks.
"Haha, check it out, bros! His defenses are about to break!" The Seventh Blood King was giddy with excitement. By now, everyone thought Ryan was totally doomed.
But right at that critical moment, Primeval Heavenwood inside the Demon-Snaring Bowl finally bloomed—a Heavenwood Flower burst open. Ryan’s gloomy face instantly lit up, his whole aura transformed, and all his lost defenses snapped back into place.
"What the hell?" The Blood Kings were stunned—nobody expected such a freak twist right when they were about to win.
"It’s gotta be his last gasp—just a fake-out! Keep pushing, brothers, crush him for good!" The Blood King leader barked. He was the oldest and strongest, already at late Nascent Soul stage.
With his order, the Seven Blood Kings went wild again!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With a series of deafening blasts, every inch of space around Ryan exploded!
But unbelievably, Ryan wasn’t affected at all—his defenses were untouched, and even his torn-up skin was miraculously healing!
"How is this possible?" The Seven Blood Kings were totally stunned. Ryan’s whole aura was like he’d become a brand new person.
"Idiots! You really think you can take me down like this? Way too naive. Now I’m going to settle the score!" At this moment, Primeval Heavenwood had only bloomed one flower, but even that single Heavenwood Flower had flipped the whole situation—Ryan was practically buzzing with excitement!
Boom!
The instant Ryan finished speaking, a top-tier shockwave blasted out, stronger than anything from ancient times. In a flash, it crushed all the Seven Blood Kings’ advantages.
All seven Blood Kings coughed up blood at the same time, each stumbling back a dozen steps.
"How is this possible? How did his power suddenly explode like that?" All the European experts watching were dumbfounded—nobody expected someone on the brink of defeat to go totally berserk.
The Seven Blood Kings were stunned, but they weren’t ordinary opponents. Not only were they insanely strong, their willpower was top-notch too. With a loud shout, they instantly ramped up their joint power to the max!
"Kill him! Finish this brat today—he must die!" The Blood King leader roared. Suddenly, hundreds of meters of blood curtains shot up behind the seven, morphing into seven monstrous Raging Blood Demon Claws that lunged straight at Ryan!